10/31/11

Inspirations Old & New


As you can tell, time & gigs have prohibited me from doing more text blogging.  I will try my best to get in more of them when I have a free moment or two.

Many of you have asked which artists & composers provide the most inspiration & help create the basis for my ideas.  I figured I'd post the list of the many people who have shaped my sound so you have a better understanding of where I'm coming from and where I'm trying to go.  Believe me, there are scores of folks I'm leaving out, but only because I'm pretty sure Blogger has a character limit on their posts *grin* - Enjoy!



Classical (BIG Influence in my life for those who don't know): 

Palestrina, Machaut, diLasso, Caccini, Monteverdi, the Bach family, Scarlatti, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, MOZART, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Rossini, R. Strauss, J. Strauss, Rossini, Bellini, Tosti, Debussy, Verdi, Brahms, Berlioz, Scriabin, Wagner, Orff, Bartok, Bernstein, Britten, Weil, Copland, Simpson, Nestor

Musical Theatre:

Lerner & Lowe, Rogers & Hammerstein, Rogers & Hart, Lippa, Kander & Ebb, Sondheim, Andrew Loyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown, William Finn, Adam Guettell

Jazz: 

Train, Miles, Monk, Marsalis, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald

Pop/Rock: 

Michael Jackson, Carol King, The Beegee's, Linda Rondstadt, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Judy Garland, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Starship, The Cranberries, Smashing Pumpkins, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Chicago, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, U2, Bono, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Billy Joel, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Carly Simon, Karen Carpenter

Hip-Hop/Rap:

B.I.G., 2Pac, Eminem, Nas, LL Cool J, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugz n Harmony, Game, Big Pun, The Fugees, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, Da Brat, The Lox (Individually and as a group), Wu-Tang Clan, Redman Mathod Man, Missy Elliot, Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, DMX, The Roots, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and and ALL old skool rappers, !TENSE!

R&B/Soul/Gospel:

Michael Jackson, AGAIN! Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Etta James, The Emotions, Nat King Cole, Yolanda Adams, Lauryn Hill, Lena Horne, the Clark Sisters, Earth Wind & Fire, Daryl Coley, Shaka Kahn, Richard Smallwood, Brian McKnight, Whitney Houston, SWV, Mariah Carey, Idina Howard, Jodeci, KC & JoJo, Ideal, Oleta Adams, Babyface, Usher, Dru Hill, 112, Boyz II Men, Case (certain work), Faith Evans, R. Kelly (pre-court cases), Blackstreet, Darnell Jones, Aaliyah, Total, Craig David

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